Nothing Ever Happens
You’ve probably seen the Nothing Ever Happens meme.
Things seem to be on the verge of breaking out–Trump elected, riots in France, lockdowns in St. Petersburg…–and then nothing.
Nothing ever happens.
This is why they are marrying and giving in marriage right up until the Flood, or the Second Coming. There are signs and portents, incredible events… and then nothing. Life jogs on, a little different but basically still routine.
When Christ entered in triumph into Jerusalem, this guy was in the back of the crowd whispering nothing ever happens. And by almost all outward appearances, he was soon proved right.
When you cross the continental divide, you don’t know it. It’s imperceptible. Nothing ever happens. The slope has barely changed, only now the course of your life runs down strange courses into a different ocean. Behind you the landscape is already a bit obscured.
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Zen
October 18, 2026
If I were to toss a ball in the air, at first it would move upwards fast, and afterwards it would move downwards quickly. Right in between, there is the least absolute change, but the real change of moving upwards to downwards is happening.
Perhaps right now, we don’t see the major changes happening and think nothing ever happens. But I think we are like that ball, just past the peak, and it is about to get interesting.